Is article spinning bad?

[simplistics]

I have been looking up different seo tactics to use on my website. One of the ones I came across is article spinning. It's interesting that if done right you can create total unique content within a few minutes. However will it be considered black hat? And does Google penalize you for it?

[Francisco_Meza]

Don't do it. Listen to Matt Cutts, head of Google's Webspam team

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5xP-pTmlpY

[ChrisHolgate]

Since Google seem to be placing a real emphasis on ranking websites based on the quality of the content, I would be tempted to consider article spinning as a bad thing.

Even if Google didn't penalise you immediately for it I doubt you'd be adding to the end user experience and so ultimately it could potentially bite you in the backside.  A focus on creating high quality, unique content is always going to be white hat.

[GuestBlogPoster.com]

You've got to think about it from a user and search engine's point of view. Would you like to read an article of jumbled text that doesn't really have any purpose? I'm assuming no, haha. Therefore Google is just going to see it as another manipulative form of link building..

Don't get caught up in this tactic.

[askshopper]

My personal point of view is if the content is 80%+ unique and has had a manual review to make sure that it is not Spam in any way so it makes sense  then it is fine for link building. How ever others will tell you this not the way to build a brand.

[SmartSEOPtyLtd]

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